Although Iowa isn't deep red like its neighbor to the west, Nebraska, the state has been a frequent source of frustration to Democrats. President Barack Obama won Iowa in both 2008 and 2012, but the state went to Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. And Iowa is home to Religious Right-friendly Republicans...
I don’t think this is as fringe as you’re making it out to be. Even after several criminal indictments, Trumps support for 2024 has only grown
*amung Republicans.
so roughly half of all Americans?
Again, this isn’t some fringe thing, these are choices being made by roughly half the voting population in the US. Sure - a lot won’t use as much idolizing language as the folks in the OP, but they’re still planning to vote for Trump, despite everything that’s been uncovered so far, and everything more that gets uncovered every day.
Roughly half of voting* Americans. The population is hardly over a third Republican.
We don’t know what non Americans think (by definition), but you can’t just immediately count them as “not republican”.
Anecdotally, my parents are republican, think Trump is better than Biden, and that the charges against him are all fake - they also can’t be bothered to vote, and told me the other week that they haven’t voted in years, because they live in CA. and don’t think their red vote will count for anything in such a blue state.
I obviously didn’t try very hard to dissuade them from continuing that habit, but my point is that there are absolutely people who support Trump despite his criminal charges who dont vote or respond to polls
It’s roughly half of Republicans who responded to the polls right now, so roughly a quarter of Americans max.
Still, it’s worrying. I don’t know how many Republicans would vote for Trump if he wins the primary. I thinks it’s about half of them for that too, so he’s unlikely to win the general, but who knows at this point?